Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An onagraceous genus of erect herbs of the United States and northern Mexico, bearing wand-like spikes or racemes of white or pink flowers. There are 15 or 20 species, of which the Texan, G. Lindheimeri, is frequent in cultivation.
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Examples
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The gaura is a carefree summer bloomer and good for the least amount of maintenance possible.
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This season is characterized by cool temperatures, mist and drizzling rain, also known as "gaura" that accumulates around the highlands of larger islands.
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Even more amazing in the gaura (or rather, several gauras) on the right.
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I should have gotten one of my friends (and fellow students) - preferably a short one - to show how tall this gaura is.
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If you're thinking of removing a section of lawn and replacing it with low-maintenance plants, some easy perennials that spread far and wide are yarrow, chamomile, erigeron, festuca, gaura, Stachys and creeping thyme.
Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010
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If you're thinking of removing a section of lawn and replacing it with low-maintenance plants, some easy perennials that spread far and wide are yarrow, chamomile, erigeron, festuca, gaura, Stachys and creeping thyme.
Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010
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That gaura sounds wonderful, I have the whirling butterflies and it too has the three foot long red stems that last well into winter.
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A wild goldenrod is still showing color amidst the gaura foliage out front.
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In the same bed as the pink gaura are the eryngiums.
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Out front in the middle streetside bed are the large gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’.
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